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I can understand vegetarians who boycott meat because the animals are being treated inhumanely in captivity. But in my ethics, killing an animal quickly isn't
by shasta 14y ago
I can understand vegetarians who boycott meat because the animals are being treated inhumanely in captivity. But in my ethics, killing an animal quickly isn't inhumane. It's not like the other cows sit around all day worried about whether Bessy's fate could befall them.
- heelhook 14y agoSo by that rationale I take it is ok to kill lonely people too? What about animals that do remember their dead relatives (e.g. elephants)?
- hmsimha 14y agoAlso, along those same lines, is your only consideration for the murder (not trying to use an incendiary word, just not sure how to phrase this more delicately) of an animal the distress it would cause others (animals/people)? So for example, if a dog's owners die, then just put down the dog? Or should euthanasia be viewed as the unsavory last resort due to an inability to care for the burgeoning population of dogs?